Sharon Larson

Sharon D. Larson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures at Christopher Newport University (CNU). She holds a Ph.D. in French Studies from Brown University (2009) and a B.A. in French Language and Literature from Smith College (2001). Her expertise spans 19th- and 20th-century French literature and culture, with a focus on decadent and naturalist literatures, gender studies, and medical discourses on sexual difference. She teaches French language at all levels, women writers, and 19th-century medical texts.

Research Interests: Dr. Larson's work examines malevolent femininity in Decadent and Naturalist works and medical narratives of sexual difference. Her publications include articles in Nineteenth-Century French Studies, Women in French Studies, and Dix-neuf, among others. She authored the book Resurrecting Jane de La Vaudère: Literary Shapeshifter of the Belle Époque (Penn State Press).

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